Night of the Killer Bears
NOW ON VOD! The next step in the great slasher evolution has been taken in the game-changing Thai horror title Night of the Killer Bears by director Kanphong Banjongpinit. Out in the woods is a cozy inn with a coffee house attached…
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The ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Love Story Is Surprisingly Refreshing
Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Losing the love of your life can't be easy, but Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is here to prove it could still be worse: you could…
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Book Club: The Next Chapter Review
Some movies are heartfelt and moving despite not having much of a story at all, and Book Club: The Next Chapter is one such film. The sequel to 2018’s Book Club, The Next Chapter sees the characters on a trip…
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Disney Goes to the Moon
A group of rebellious teenagers bands together to steal a truck and go on a road trip on the surface of the Moon before one of the friends has to say goodbye forever. From its very first scene, Disney’s Crater…
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Netflix Series Is ‘Fury Road’ Meets ‘Silo’
While it isn’t always as gripping as it tries to reach for, there is a delightfully cartoonish nature to the world of Black Knight that is juxtaposed against the darkness of its dystopian premise. Some of this makes sense —…
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Jennifer Lopez Leads A Soulless Faux-Feminist Netflix Thriller
About twenty minutes into the new Netflix thriller “The Mother,” star Jennifer Lopez locks eyes with a snarling, angry wolf in the snowy Alaskan wilderness. Just as Lopez raises her rifle, a bunch of cute wolf babies emerge from their…
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Employee of the Month (L’employée Du Mois)
NOW ON VOD! My first impression of Véronique Jadin’s comedic thriller, Employee of the Month (L’employée Du Mois), is I’m watching a violent and bloody version of The Office. How does this not inspire you? Employee of the Month is the story of Inès…
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‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 5 Episode 7 Review: Lame Horses Abound
Before The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s final season decided to use haphazard flashforwards to fill in the blanks for the future, rather than focusing on the present, the series had—on rare occasions—used flashbacks to help piece things together. Most of these…
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Dark Comedy Series Wastes Patricia Arquette
Humor is the perfect tool to disarm people and make them reflect on the absurdity of everyday existence, which explains why dark comedies have become some of the most vital productions in the last decade. However, for a dark comedy…
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Charlie Day’s Riff On ‘Being There’ & Sending Up Hollywood Is Limp
Charlie Day is well-aware that we know him for his voice—his raspy, high-energy chaos in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” has helped make it one of TV’s longest-running shows, and his softening of those vocal cords to voice Luigi is…
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Communicable | Film Threat
Communicable is a surrealistic science fiction film from writer-director David Lawler that explores the tones around tragic loss juxtaposed with the complications of relationships. The film could also be considered experimental in the sense that Lawler avoids linear narrative and conveys…
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Jennifer Lopez Leads Disappointing Action Movie
While the instinct for revenge is one of the easiest, most human character motivations to understand in film, the popular subgenre is in no way a straight line. Distinguished through its complex, multilayered goals that run through a deep cut…
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